Threatened native animals which have long been missing from the grassy hills around Canberra are set to thrive once more, under a new agreement to restore the family-owned Wandiyali~Environa Wildlife Sanctuary.
Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) has announced a 10-year collaboration with owners of the sanctuary, the Larcombe family, with a shared vision to bring back the site’s missing biodiversity.
Under the agreement, AWC will help shape conservation plans for the sanctuary, including a strategy for restoring species which have gone locally extinct. Small mammals including bandicoots, antechinus, bettongs, quolls, and several species of native rodents, as well as threatened frogs, will be among the species assessed as candidates for reintroduction. The project will also support important research into the factors that contribute to successful species reintroductions.